Cyperaceae source details
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Carex ambita K.A.Ford (original description)
Carex pilifolia K.A.Ford (original description)
Carex sect. Inversae Kük. (additional source)
Isolectotype AK 2489, geounit New Zealand South, identified as Carex ambita K.A.Ford
Lectotype AK 2490, geounit New Zealand South, identified as Carex ambita K.A.Ford
Holotype CHR 666747, geounit New Zealand South, identified as Carex pilifolia K.A.Ford
Loosely tufted; rhizomes short, ascending. Culms 70–320 mm long × 0.5–0.8 mm diam., erect, trigonous, ... [details]
Fine-leaved, graminoid, lax, dense tussocks; rhizomes ascending, with long internodes. Culms 20–120 mm long × ... [details]
Small, lax, filiform-leaved tufts; rhizomes fine, wiry, long-creeping, branching, and internodes short. Culms ... [details]
Similar to C. pilifolia but differs from it with its denser tussock habit, an inflorescence of 4–8 spikes, ... [details]
Differs from Carex ambita by its small size, sparse-leaved, tufted habit; inflorescence reduced to a single spike; ... [details]
From the Latin ambitus (encircling, surrounding), in reference to bordering the outer edge of ephemeral wetlands ... [details]
Subalpine; habitat not recorded but likely to be on the plateau in border areas of red-tussock grassland ... [details]
Montane to subalpine, 730–1300 m; stream head basins and river flats, stream and tarn edges, borders of ephemeral ... [details]
Montane, 760–920 m; inter-montane basins and glacial valleys; moraine, upper turf zone of kettleholes and ... [details]
A natural hybrid between Carex ambita K.A.Ford × C. trachycarpa Cheeseman. [details]
